A 30-year-old Hull man, Patrick Roth, has been identified as the man killed in a motorcycle and truck accident on FM 770 in Hull about a mile from the Liberty-Hardin county line around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.
According to Sgt. Rob Willoughby, who leads the Liberty office of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Roth and his passenger, Mira Kaylin Brown, 32, of Batson, were traveling southbound on a 2008 Hyosung motorcycle.
Roth attempted to pass a southbound Dodge 3/4-ton crew cab truck and trailer owned by Gulf Coast, a road construction services company, that was turning left into a private driveway.
The motorcycle struck the driver’s side of the vehicle. Roth died at the scene. Brown was airlifted to Kingwood Hospital with critical injuries. Her condition at this time is unknown.
Liberty County Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Ronnie Davis conducted an inquest at the scene. He did not order an autopsy. Roth’s body was taken to Faith and Family Funeral Home in Batson.
Willoughby said Trooper Chris Richmond conducted a thorough investigation of the vehicles at the scene, and that investigation will continue in the coming days. The Liberty County District Attorney’s Office will be consulted if charges are warranted against Gulf Coast or the driver of the company vehicle.
Willoughby said that speed may have been a contributing factor in the motorcycle crashing with the truck.
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Article says “He did not order an autopsy.” Shouldn’t an autopsy or at least a toxicology be ordered, to know if alcohol or drugs were used?
Does it really matter if alcohol or drugs or used? A person died and the woman is in critical condition you should be praying for the families instead of wondering if drugs or alcohol were involved. Families are heartbroken. Accidents happen every single day it’s out of people’s control. I know one thing is for sure MULTIPLE people on batson had almost wrecked that day because, there was hardly any guidance from the workers I had passed two people who were on the side of the road while they were directing traffic through telling us to go those people could have got hit as well since they were on the side of the road.
Actually, it does matter when charges are pressed. It’s sad that a life was lost and another is in a bad state. I can guarantee you the driver of the Gulf Coast truck is shaken as well. Yes, it is needed information if the driver of the motor bike was on drugs or drinking.
For all of you that want to know whether the person who passed away was on drugs or alcohol. The answer is NO and NO. He wasn’t ,you may be asking how do I know, I know because he is my nephew and furthermore, so your answer to that stupid and noisy question is answered. And something else I want to say to you people too, having no autopsy ordered, isn’t important either. So keep your comments to yourself because our family has to endure way too many emotions and grief at this time, so keep your comments and opinions out of our lives cause we don’t need them, we have enough to deal with and don’t need anymore than what we have to deal with at this time, thank you!